The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-06-30
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, d. c.,
JUNE 81. 1887.

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JUNE 81, 1887.
I am glad to be able to say that
Mr.. Corcoran has recovered sufi-
GENTLY to seek the cooling shades
of Deer Park, he being unable to
stand the fatigue of the trip to his
usual resort, the White Sulphur
Springs.
For she present the President
has discontinued his public recep-
tons, owing probably to the severe
ordeal of such an undertaking, with
the thermometer dallying with the
ninetics.
1t has just t~ranspired that dur
ing Mr.. Jay Gould's late mysteri-
GUS visit to this city, he really did
a generous and patriotic act, and I
wish to give him credit. While
viewing Mt. Vernon, where Wash
ington's remains are entombed, MI.
Gould, learning that attract of land
contiguous to the estate was desir-
ed to protect the property from en-
croachment, he ordered it bought
at his expense for $500, the own
ers being Lawrence and Elizabeth
Washington, great-grand-nephew
and niece of the first President and
presented it to the ladies of the Mt.
Vernon Association.
The Grand Jury of the District
of Columbia have, in their report,
presented the Post Office, Treasury
and Interior Department buildings
as being in such a bad sanitary
CONDITION as to endanger the health
and lives of the several thousand
employed of those Departments,
and the Government Printing Of
flee, as well as some of the thea
tres, and pronounced nothing bet
ter THAI human fire traps. In
calling the attention of Congress
to the matter, the Grand Jury will
say that if a private individual
were responsible for such a state
of affairs as this, he would be in
dicted for maintaining a nuisance.
The Building Inspector had this
Ito say on the subject of the Prin-
ting Office. "It is the worst fire
trap in the United States, and is a
disgrace to the Government. That
building is four stories high, 300
feet long and go feet wide, and in
the two upper stories about 1900
women work, and yet there is only
one stairway for them to escape
by in case of fire." .
Once more the head of the assas-
sin, Guiteau, hobs up to public
view, and will be exhibited in a
New York Museum. It is said by
those familiar with the circum-
stances that there can be no doubt
of the ge%nuineness of this head
The bones of the assassin were ar
ticulated and placed in the Medi-
cal Museum of the National Capt.:
tol, where they still remain, but it
is now divulged that a doctor sew
cred the head, and perhaps other
portions of the body, for specula-
tive rather than scientific purposes.
Pension Commissioner Black
has decided to exercise the author
ity vested in him by law and to re-
strict the legal fees in cases of At
torneys for Mexican Pension claims
to.$10, though the law allows a fee
of $25, if such a contract has been
made, provided it is approved by
the Commissioner of Pensions.-|
But, General Black thinks the for
mel fee is enough in such cases
and has issued an order limiting
fees in these cases to that amount.
The business of the Inter State
Commission continues to grow and
has already reached proportions
not anticipated by its authors or
members, and it is now believed
that the work will require the ser
vices of about fifty clerks. There
have been nearly 1000 applica-
tons for appointment to clerkship
under the Commission. Such vast
and varied interests are committed
to the charge of the Commission
that it will soon be rightly consid-
cred one of the most important
Bureaus of the Government and
one that will continue to grow in
popular favor too. There is dis
may among the aged and incapa-
Die clerks of the Navy Department,
Tor Secretary Whitney announces
ais purpose t. overhaul the whole
.orce and clean out all the barna-
lies and dead timber. The Secre-
AIRY seems to think that this course,
1owever unpopular with those af-
is essential to the success
administration of his trust.
Recent developments convince
ne that the Republicans are i'm
pressed with the idea that their on
y hope of success in 1888 is to {
sectional issues and inflame |
he mind of the people of the North
With the old war feeling. The first 1
'tep to this end is the Dependent j.
Pension Bill, the next its echo, the
'attle flag howl, and the third will
'e the conversion of the Grand I
of the Republic into a parti- |
an Republican organization, to be I
ounded up by the nomination of {
Military candidate, or a bloody :
hirt shrieker.
The estimated receipts and dis {
'ursements of the Government in i.
'uly and August show hat there
will be a decrease rather than an
Increase of the Treasury surplus :